Help with Scotch shopping in the East Bay

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Help with Scotch shopping in the East Bay

Let me preface this by saying I don't drink alcohol, so am excessively ignorant about it, but...my dilemma. My boyfriend's bday is coming up soon, and he loves to drink good Scotch (I have no idea what makes a Scotch "good" to him). He doesn't buy quality liquor for himself, so I'm thinking of getting him a really nice bottle of Scotch for his bday. Any suggestions about what I should get him, and where to buy it in the East Bay would be greatly appreciated. Money is not an object.

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How to Make a Scotch Blossom

Michael Cecconi is the former mixologist at New York’s Back Forty; he's currently the head bartender at San Francisco's Two Sisters Bar and Books, and teaches at the Institute of Culinary Education. Here he shares a quick summertime drink idea, called a Scotch Blossom: 2 ounces of Scotch, 1 ounce of honey simple syrup, 1 ounce of lime juice, 4 to 8 mint leaves, and ice. Shake vigorously, add soda water, and enjoy.